AUC Philosophica et Historica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica) is a multidisciplinary academic journal focused on the humanities with more than 50 years of tradition.
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AUC PHILOSOPHICA ET HISTORICA, Vol 2015 No 2 (2015), 81–89
A priori imaginace
[The A Priori of Imagination]
Mikel Dufrenne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24647055.2016.5
published online: 06. 06. 2016
abstract
In this article, Dufrenne argues that imagination need not be only the subjective capacity to invent the unreal (dreams, fantasies), but that it is actually capable of revealing images that bring human beings closer to the hidden plenitude of Nature. Among these a priori images, such as heaven, water, blood, and earth, Dufrenne emphasizes the elementary, power, depth, and purity, which he believes are the most fundamental of them. He considers a potential classification of these images on the principle of ontological quality.
keywords: the a priori; imagination; image; the unreal; the surreal; nature; ontological quality; classification of images
periodicity: 2 x per year
ISSN: 0567-8293
E-ISSN: 2464-7055
